Clothes-drier.



No. 655,002'- Patented luly 3|,- |900.

s. H, oncuTT. CLOTHES DRIEB.

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UNITED TATES ATENT OFFICE,

GUY noncurr, or WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 655,002, dated July31, 1900. Application led September 16, 1899- Serial No. 730,676. (Nomodel.)

My invention relates to that class of clothesdriers which are providedwith bars or rods pivotally connected to a base or center piece toextend radially at differentY angles therefrom; and the object of mypresent invention is to provide a strong, simple', and eficientclothes-drier of the class which can be detachably hung upon adoor-casing, windowcasing, or similar support Without marring.

or defacing the same and which can be compactly folded into smallcompass when not in use.

To these ends a clothes-drier constructed according to my inventionconsists of thel parts and combinations of parts, as hereinafterdescribed,and more particularly pointed out in the claim at the end ofthis specification.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view taken from the rear sideof a clothesdrier constructed according to my invention. A clothes-drierconstructed according to my present invention comprises a base-piece,`preferably of metal, a plurality of arms pivotally mounted 011 thebase-piece,and extending up from the rear side of the base-piece is asupporting-arm having an overhanging upper end provided with teethorprojections for supporting the device from a door-casing,window-casing, or similar support. The su pporting-arm is long enough tobring the pivoted bars within easy reach of the person using the drier,and the supporting-arm is preferably hinged or jointed near its lowerend, so that the same can be folded'down over the pivoted bars to allowthe device to be compactly folded together when not in use.r

Referring to the drawing and in detail, 10 designates asubstantially-semicircular casting which forms the base-piece of aclothesdrier constructed according to my invention. Pivotally mounted:on rivets or screws 11, extending up fromthe base-piece 10,are woodenarms or rods 12, which extend radially from said base-piece and may beswungor turned to any desired position in the ordinary manner. Extendingup from the rear side of the base-piece 10, preferably fromsubstantially the middle thereof, is a supporting-arm 13. Thesupporting-arm 13 is provided at its upper end with an o verhangingportion 14, having inclined teeth 15, which are sharpened, so as to seatthemselves in the top of a door or Window casing or similar support fromwhich the device is hung. The supporting-arm 13 is pivoted or hinged at16 near its lower end, so that when the device is not in use thesupporting-arm may be folded down over the wooden bars or arms 12, sothat the clothesdrier may be com pactly folded and put away when not inuse.

In order to prevent the clothes-drier from scratching or marring theface of the doorcasing or window-casing from which the same issupported, the base-piece l() is preferably provided with abacking-strip, of rubber or similar material, as 17, the rubber strip 17not only serving asa cushion to prevent the clothes-drier from marringthe paint of the window-casing or door-casing from which the same ishung, but also having a tendency to prevent the clothes-drier fromswinging or oscillating sidewise with respect to its supporting-hook 14.

I am aware that many changes maybe made in the4 construction of myclothes-drier by those who are skilled in the art without departing fromthe scope of my invention as expressedin the claims. I do not Wish,therefore, to be limited to the form which I have herein shown and described;but f WhatA I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

In a clothes-drier, the combination of a base-piece or casting l0, aplurality of rods or bars l2 extending radially therefrom and pivotallymounted on rivets 11 secured in the base-piece 10, a supporting-arm 13extending up from the rear side of the base-piece or casting 10, andhaving a hooked upper end for hanging the clothes-drier from aWindowcasing, a door-casing, or similar support without inarring theface thereof, said supportingarm being hinged or jointed as at 16 tofold down over the bars 12 when not in use, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in tlie presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' GUY H. OROUTT.

Witnesses:

Leurs W. Sonrnenrn, PHILIP W. Sournenrn.

